COTONALBA

Back in 2002, following Maggie's early retirement, we decided to get a dog. Up till then we had had cats as they could cope with us both out at work. One day I returned from work and Maggie introduced me to a picture of a Coton de Tulear on the computer! She had also found a breeder who lived less than four miles from us. A telephone call later, having established that I had worked with the breeder a few years previously, we had arranged a visit to see several real Cotons!!... We were introduced to Nautilus - a French international champion - from the famous Cartoonland's kennel run by Brigitte Damman near Paris. She had been a breeder of Cotons since 1988. He was impressive with a huge coat and lovely temperament. We also met Lizette who had been imported from Sweden's Chanfree's kennel where Anita had been breeding since 1994. Their daughter from an earlier litter was also living there.

Primary location: Sunderland United Kingdom